Ableton/Live/UG/05 Managing Files and Sets/04 Live Sets
- A Live Set (Ableton/File/.als) is one song. Sets are saved inside Projects so Live can keep track of their clips, presets and samples.
- File → New Live Set, Open Live Set and Open Recent Set; in the browser, double-click or press
Enter on a Set. - Save Live Set saves as is. Save Live Set As saves under a new name or place; Save a Copy writes a copy and keeps working on the original.
- The Undo History lists every action since the Set was opened, newest at top, and returns the Set to any point.
- Open it from the View menu or with
Cmd+Option+Z (Mac) / Ctrl+Alt+Z (Win). Select an action with the mouse or arrows and Enter: actions above it gray out as undone; select a grayed action to redo up to it. - The history isn't saved with the Set. Opening or creating the Set is the first entry and can't be undone.
- Drag a Set from the browser onto a track title bar or the empty drop area to bring in all its tracks, except returns, with their Session and Arrangement clips, devices and automation.
- Unfold a Set in the browser like a folder to drag individual tracks, Group Tracks, its grooves, or just a track's device chain via the Devices icon.
- Unfold a track further to browse, preview and import its Session clips as Live Clips, so any Set can serve as a sound pool for another.
- Select several Session clips and drag them into the Current Project or a user folder to save them as a new Live Set.
- File → Save Live Set As Default Set… makes the current Set the starting state for new Sets: input and output setup, devices such as EQs and compressors on every track, and key and MIDI mappings.
- Any template in the browser can become the default via Set Default Live Set.
- File → Save Live Set As Template… saves more templates. They appear in the browser's Templates label and the User Library's Templates folder, and open as Untitled.als.
- File → Manage Files → Manage Set → View Files lists every file the Set uses; expand a line to see where it's used.
- Replace: drop a file from the browser on an entry. Every clip using it changes. Clip settings stay, and Warp Markers stay if the new sample is at least as long.
- Hot-Swap: browse alternatives quickly with the button on each line.
- Edit: open a sample in the external editor chosen in File & Folder Settings. It stays offline while Edit is engaged, and Warp Markers survive only if the length doesn't change.
- Location: missing, in the User Library, in a Project, or external.